, 1887-03-03
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Fron Tuesdays daily.
The sleigh Is relegated to the swee
by-and-bye.
The new county officers 20 into oI
fee next Monday.
The streets were crowded wit
people yesterday.
Gentle Annie appears to be Of
deck. May she remain.
The west bound trim Was seven
teen hours late yesterday.
James +. Wardner arrived in tn
city Sunday from Wardner.
Paul f. Mohr and A. M. Canno,
are off on business trip east.
There will be a chance to tall
over the stock Of mud In few days
The steamer Coeur d'Alene com
menced breaking ice on the lake
yesterday.
The snow has about disappeared
from the prairies and low places
about town.
Great will be the time at the open
ing tonight Of the new hotel. Every.
body should attend.
The new hotel was brilliantly il.
Illuminated last evening, presenting
q very attractive sight.
The thaw has cut off the stock oi
snow In good shape. 1t wants to
keep up until the grass Is out.
Prot. A. Phasey will give musi-
cal entertainment the 23d inst, for
the benefit OF the public schools.
The genial John Livers came in
from Wardner last evening and will
remain in the city for day or SO.
The Arlington hotel proprietors
yesterday purchased an elegant
piano from A. l.. Davis e. Son.
Elegant line of Gents scarfs and
ties reduced to 25c to close out at f.
II. Mason & Co., great closing out
sale.
The board of county commission
ers adjourn to-day, and two of the
old bosrd, Mr.. Hallett and Mr.. And
erson, 60 out OF Office.
The prisoners In the city Jail had a
monkey and parrot of time yester-
day fighting. One of the fellows in
fof stealing cleaned out the crowd.
A handsome new residence is
under way on Mill street, next lot
north of DIR. Morgan's residence. 1t
is quite large and expensive struc-
ture.
A new electric light has been put
in at the lower railroad crossing,
Monroe street, which Is q great ad-
vantage to the people Of that part of
the city.
For a good job Of plastering 60 to
Il. /. Hopkins & Co., for they are the
boys that savy the business, and
they use the Spokane Lime Co.'s
lime, the best in the market.
Word was received yesterday that
the steamer had succeeded in open
ing q passage in lake Occur d'Alene
and that before the week Is over the
boat will be making regular trips to
the Mission.
A man suffering from q stroke of
paralysis died at the Sacred Heart
hospital Sunday. He had been
brought in from the Big Bend early
in the week. The funeral took place
yesterday.
Finest line of Ladies' shoes ever
shown in Spokane, just received di-
rect from eastern manufactures,
and for sale at greatly reduced prices
at F. III. Mason & Co., great closing
out sale.
II is to be regretted that the tele-
graph company will not keep tele-
phone in the Western Union Office.
1t has become so handy that people
doing business with the Office can
hardly get along without 1t.
The plasterers and bricklayers of
this city met few evenings since
and organized union, and will
hereafter hold regular meetings
Wednesday night OF each week, at
the Office OF the Spokane Lime cohl-
pany.
Mrs. Comerford has rented a por-
ton of the large frame building on
Mill street, between Main street and
Riverside avenue, known as the
Orchard building, and will open a
finely stocked millinery store about
the 1st of April.
Those desiring tickets to the ball
and opening of the Arlington Hotel
this evening can procure thcm at
the following places and the parties
named: First National Bank, Ira
ders' National Bank, Bank OF Sp0-
kane Falls, G. f. Clough 81 Co., j. w.
Glover and E. J. FellOwes.
Mrs. Smart has just finished life
sized portrait in Indiana ink OF
Judge Hogan. Mr.. and Mrs. Chap
man also have had two very fine life
sized portraits by the same artist,
which speak we'll for the artist. We
congratulate Mrs. Smart on receiv-
ing SO many orders in Spokane Falls.
J. X. Robinson, husband of M. +.
Robinson, died at the asylum al
Stielacoom Sunday evening from a
paralytic stroke. Mr.. Robinson has
been afflicted for a long time, and
was only taken to the asylum few
months ago with the hopes that the
treatment there might prove bene.
fetal. He was native OF Pennsyl'
vania and 81 years of age. The af.
fiicted family has the sympathy of q
large circle Of acquaintances.
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